
CFD Model Geometry
6% Opacity Study
Client: Gerdau Ameristeel
Location: Sand Springs, OK
Recommend modifications designed to ensure the client can maintain compliance with the EPA opacity mandate while continuing operation of the furnaces in the existing meltshop.
- Meltshop CFD Analysis
- Evaluate impact of various building modifications on canopy hood capture efficiency
- Determine required canopy hood exhaust rate to achieve emission targets
- Furnace Process Optimization
- Develop recommendations to improve EAF energy efficiency and improve furnace productivity
- Recommend process modifications design to reduce EAF emissions
- Conceptual drawings to illustrate the recommended modifications
- Order of magnitude cost estimate for the recommended modifications
Project History
Study Completed
February, 2009